“I’m supporting Gov. Crist for the United States Senate because I want the nation and the world to be a better place. Gov. Crist conservative principles are needed now more than ever in our nation’s capital.”
Video: Marco Rubio ducks the press
Marco Rubio repeatedly ducks the press by failing to answer a series of pertinent questions.
Rubio Linked to Budget Requests
Former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio – and GOP candidate for U.S. Senate – says on his own campaign website that “during Rubio’s last four years in the House, he did not file any individual member budget requests.”
Rubio’s Relationship with University Raises Questions
Critics questioned Rubio’s soft landing as FIU trustees grappled with a $32 million budget shortfall that led to tuition hikes and the loss of 23 degree programs and 200 jobs.
Then came uncomfortable comparisons to another Republican House speaker — Ray Sansom — who steered $35 million to a Panhandle college and then took a job there.
Marco Rubio Accused of Switching Stance on Global Warming
Against the backdrop of the climate change summit in Denmark this week, U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is hammering rival Charlie Crist’s “cap-and-trade scheme” — though Rubio voted for a bill backed by the governor requiring state officials to devise such a plan.
As the leader of the Florida House in 2008, Rubio presided over a unanimous vote in favor of directing the state Department of Environmental Protection to develop ground rules for companies to limit their carbon emissions.
Now he’s questioning whether global warming is man-made.
Crist speaks to local GOP
Gov. Charlie Crist left his pinstripe jacket on his chair when he walked to the podium Thursday night.
Dressed in a crisp white shirt, a tie and wrinkle-free pinstripe pants, he grabbed the microphone in his hand and glanced at his speech.
Marco Rubio Says He Never Voted to Increase Taxes
Marco Rubio is all of the sudden a darling of the American conservative movement in his U.S. Senate primary against Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.
Consider his bona fides: Rubio opposes publicly run health care and is against abortion. He has been highly critical of the president’s $787 billion stimulus plan. He is open to expanding oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. He has been endorsed by Mike Huckabee and coverboy for the right-leaning National Review.
Marco Rubio’s Gun Problem
Before he became House Speaker in 2006, Marco Rubio had a nice “A” rating from the NRA. But when he faces Gov. Charlie Crist in the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate primary, his rating will drop when they post grades/ratings after the spring legislative session of 2010, said NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer.
Blame the guns in the work place parking lot law that ultimately gave gun owners the right to bring their firearms to work place parking lots, provided the weapons were kept safely in vehicles. The Florida Chamber of Commerce successfully blocked the legislation one year and finally agreed to compromise language with the NRA.
Rubio’s Immigration Stance Faces Scrutiny
As an underdog U.S. Senate candidate courting the GOP’s conservative wing, Marco Rubio takes a hard-line position against illegal immigration: no amnesty.
But as the powerful speaker of the Florida House, presented with a slew of bills aimed at curbing illegal immigration, he didn’t put a single proposal up for a vote.
“A lot of us are mad at him because he did block those bills,” said David Caulkett, a founder of Floridians for Immigration Enforcement. “Rubio claims to be anti-amnesty but the question is, ‘Do we trust him?’ “
Rubio Record Diverges From Campaign Rhetoric
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio is emerging as the champion of activists fed up with Republicans who don’t stay true to conservative principles. But if those turning against Gov. Charlie Crist are looking for a pure, uncompromising conservative, Rubio’s legislative record might give them pause.
Crist Lays Out His Conservative Credits
Gov. Charlie Crist sent a message to his nearest Republican primary opponent for the U.S. Senate during a Lakeland appearance Monday: Don’t try to out conservative him.
Crist, in an appearance at a Lakeland Yacht Club luncheon sponsored by the Lakeland Republican Club, made it clear to the audience of more than 200 that he considers himself just as conservative as former Florida Speaker of the House Marco Rubio. The two are fighting for the GOP nomination in next year’s primary.